Customer Experience Agent

Highbeam is building the future of business banking and cash management.

Our platform combines AI agents, automated financial workflows, and integrated financial products that save brands time and money.

Customers have generated billions in sales and include well-known brands such as Cuts, Tushy, NYON, Sabah, Still Here, Alice Mushrooms, Original Grain, birddogs, and more.

Our team includes alumni of Shopify, Square, Toast, Rippling, and McKinsey.

We’ve raised $42M in equity from Acrew, FirstMark, Mayfield, and Two Sigma Ventures.

About this role

As a customer experience agent at Highbeam, you’ll be the first point of contact for our users — supporting them with speed, clarity, and empathy. From onboarding to navigating transactions, you’ll help customers feel confident using our platform and ensure they get the most value out of their Highbeam experience.

This is an in-person role based in Toronto.

What you’ll do

1. Deliver high-quality support across our core channels

   • Respond to customer inquiries via Intercom chat, email and phone with a friendly, clear, and solution-oriented approach

   • You can expect to handle 20 – 30 chat queries per day and around 5 - 15 calls per week

   • Troubleshoot product issues and work cross-functionally with engineering and product teams as needed

   • Guide users through banking-related topics including onboarding, account setup, ACH/wire transfers, and transaction troubleshooting

2. Be the voice of the customer

   • Spot recurring issues and share feedback to improve our product and internal processes

   • Turn confusion into clarity: translate complex banking concepts into simple, actionable explanations for users

   • Advocate for customer needs across the company

3. Level up how we work

   • Keep internal documentation and customer-facing knowledge bases clear and up to date

   • Identify areas where support can be more scalable and efficient — and help build the systems to make it happen

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a customer support or customer experience role

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Calm under pressure and energized by problem-solving

• Comfortable working across tools like Intercom, Zendesk, or equivalent

• Deep empathy and a customer-first mindset

Bonus:

• Familiarity with US payment operations or banking workflows

• Experience in fintech or financial services

• Experience working with consumer brand businesses

• Willingness to float Canadian holidays to other days when they don’t align with US holidays

You'll thrive at Highbeam if...

• You love working in-person with a high-performing team

• You enjoy working in an idea-meritocratic, low-ego environment

• You are proactive and self-directed, and you excel in ambiguous, fast moving environments

• You care about delivering a polished customer experience

• Bonus: You have experience working in fintech or early-stage startups

What we offer

• Chance to join the founding team of a well-funded startup chasing a huge opportunity

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity

• Great location: Our NYC office is in NoHo, a short walk from the A,C,E · B,D,F,M · N,Q,R,W · 1 · 6 trains. Our Toronto office is downtown near Osgoode Station.

• Generous PTO

• Comprehensive health & benefits package